Indigenizing practice: Documenting Indigenous projects for publication

Many of the projects that built-environment practitioners will undertake in their careers will have a direct impact on Indigenous peoples, and every project will have an impact on the Country it resides within. Built-environment practitioners have the capacity to create places that improve the lives of all living beings and to make stronger connections with an Indigenous worldview via a genuine engagement process.

However, not every project can engage with the appropriate Indigenous representatives, and the scope of possible engagement is often dependent on the procurement process established prior to an architect’s involvement. And even where Indigenous engagement has been undertaken, it is too often not reflected in the way the project is articulated in the media. At the very least, for any project, we should acknowledge the Country on and within which it resides. For projects that engaged with Indigenous Peoples, it should also be acknowledged that the work would not exist in its final form without the time, Knowledge and expertise of the Indigenous representatives who contributed. Without this